The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-11-26
ALL OVER THE STATE.
Gleanings from our Maryland Exchan

Gov. Lloyd has purchased small farm near
Cambridge for which he paid $4,000.
The Republican Sheriff of Charles county
was elected by majority of six votes.
Immense quantities of tomatoes canned in
Hartford county are being sold in Dss Moinos,
Iowa.
"A good many horses have lately been injured
in Hartford county by running into barbed-wire
fences.
Andrew Jackson lowering, aged and es-
teemed resident of Fallston, died suddenly few
days ago.
Six children of the family of James O'Donnel,
at Thistle Factory, we'e down with diphtheria
| recently. They all recovered.
"A Republican Board of County Commissioners
| is something that has not been before in
| Anne Arundel in twenty years.
The Salvation Army has built regular bar
rack in Havre-de- G race and the night they dedi-
| Gated it they fed three hundred people.
The canning factory at Sudlersville, Queen
| Anne's county, put up the past season 0,0OO
cans of peaches and 200, 900 cans of corn.
| Mr.. Chas. II. Vanderford, one of the proprie-
| tors of the Westminster Advocate was married on
| Wednesday last, to Miss Mary E. Mills, of that
| city.
"A liberal-minded citizen of Belair precinct,
last election day, in lieu of ticket deposited a
| check in the ballot box-a possible contribution
| to the campaign fund.
|
| late Judge Jere Blach, and wife of Capt. Henry
Clayton, of Bethel, Cecil county, has just publish
| ed biography of her father.
The Belair Times figures out the loss on the
| Democratic majority in this State at 20,329.-
| Turner's majority two years ago was 2S,349
Jackson's majority this year was only 5000.
Mr.. Elijah Jones, of Stearns' precinct, Har-
ford county, now 80 years of age, voted the Dem
ocratc ticket at the late election, having kept up
an unbroken record in that line since he attained
| his majority.
| -Comptroller-elect Baughman says that the
present clerical force in the Comptrollers Office at
Annapolis is thoroughly efficient and trustworthy
and he will make no changes. Ofice-hunters
| take due notice.
"A bull jumped from freight train, nea,
Elkton, and then tried his butting powers on the
fast sowing engine of another train. He sue
neck broken in doing it. II
| The Bohemian oats swindlers have lately
| been operating successfully in Montgomery coun.
ty and several green farmers have been taken in.
If they would pay $l.50 year for good news
paper they would know better.
| "A weak minded colored man named Clayton
voted on another mans name at polling place
in Kent county. He was arrested and was tried
before magistrate, convicted and fined SIS and
| costs, which his employer paid.
| Two colored boys, brothers, aged respectively
| Is and 10 years, living near Woodville, Frederick
county, got into dispute at the table about a
rabbit they were eating, when the younger one
got the gun and shot the other dead.
| The citizens of Darlington, Hartford county,
have formed what they call "road league" and
they propose to that the public roads are kept
in good order. They don't say whether they pro-
| pose to hang any supervisors or not.
| The prohibition candidate for Governor polled
| Is votes in Kent county. Hon. VIM. D. Burchi-
nal, Republican nominee for State Senator, car
red that county by plurality of II, while the Re-
| publican Sheriff was elected by plurality of IL.
| -Ex-Gov. Groome, Collector of the Port of Bal
timore, is in North Carolina a cunning expe-
dition. He expects to bag lots of game, but as
| the laws of North Carolina prevent him bringing
any game out of the State, he will probably have
| to eat it all.
| Instinct has taught the wild waterfowl how
to avoid the sportsman's gun. They leave the
| Havre-de-Grace fats before daylight and 90 down
the Bay. The few that daylight catches give the
land and shores a wide berth. Consequently not
many are being shot.
| -Gov. Jackson will occupy the Executive
| Mansion OF Annapolis as soon as he is inaugurated
An exchange says"the Governors is q clear headed,
old-fashioned Eastern Shoreman, full of good sense
and with little inclination to make unnecessary
and foolish display"
| "A. L. Blumenthal, of Salisbury, member of
the firm of Blumenthal Newmyer, Of Havre-de-
| Grace, must be an intensely patriotic man. He
| had been travelling for two months in the South
| and West but returned home, riding 1000 miles,
to cast Democratic vote.
| "A son of Thomas Jones, of Dorchester coun-
| ty, aged IL years. committed suicide few nights
ago by eating turnip which he had covered with
paris green. He had stolen a watch chain from a
neighbours house and fear of being punished for
| the act led him to take his life.
| "A young man named VIM. H. Sheets employ
| ed in store at Bartonville near Frederick, sui
cided by poison few days ago. He had been
married less than two months and the cause of the
act is said to have been that he married to spite
an old sweetheart and then lived unhappily with
| his wife.
Three members of colored family named
| Culver, about two miles from Severn Station,
| Anne Arundel county, were burned to death Sat
| urday night. Those burned were the father, his
| eldest son and youngest child. The mother and
| several children saved themselves by jumping
| from window.
Col. John C. Walsh. of Hartford, who was
delegate to the National Farmers Congress, that
met in Chicago, introduced resolution at previ-
Gus session asking the general government to build
ship canal connecting the Chesapeake and Del :
aware bays. After mature consideration the Con-
| gress unanimously adopted the resolution.
"A horse belonging to gentleman near Joppa,
Hartford county, performed a feat that is worthy
| of mention. The horses name is Frank H., and
is a half brother to Allen H., the well-known
trotter He is only three years old, and is prom
Using colt. One day last week he trotted over
the public road, distance of five miles, in fifteen
minutes